I once grew a sunflower that was taller than me, but I was three at the time so I don't think it counts.

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we had really tall ones in our yard last summer (at the old house... didn't plant any here at the new place), and one day i saw a squirrel sitting on the flower eating the seeds. i couldn't believe the flower was so strong / the squirrel was so light!

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I'm so jealous! I tried growing some sunflowers from seed this year and nothing. Then after a couple of months one popped up and started to grow. Then I went outside one day to find it shriveled up and dead. I planted it in the plot but I doubt it's going to grow.

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OH my god giant sunflowers! I was driving through the country a while back and I saw a sign that said "Guinness world record blah blah" and I was like "huh?" and suddenly in someone's yard was a 20+ freaking foot tall sunflower- almost double the height of the 1 story building. I don't think it made it into the record books, but I peed myself.

I'm amazed by the ones in my yard, although they're not nearly that big. But amazing because I didn't actually plant any! I guess the birds must have scattered seeds from prior years around, because the last 2 years sunflowers have just popped up in random places in my yard! I need to take pics this weekend because both of them bloomed this week.

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